The Lake House
Charity Auction in May 2010 raised $500,000 for Waipuna Hospice
Hospice to benefit from sale of new house
BOP Times 14 November 2009
A house is to be built in Tauranga for free and then sold for up to an estimated $400,000 with all the money going to Waipuna Hospice.
The collaborative project between Grasshopper Properties and Belvedere Construction, with help from the Cadlab Architecture will see a three bedroom house built at The Lakes subdivision at Pyes Pa west.
All proceeds raised by the sale of the house will go to Wiapuna Hospice.
Grasshopper Properties has donated the section within The Lakes, which project manager Simon Maxwell said was worth around $175,000.
The idea began three years ago when Waipuna Hospice approached Grasshopper Properties on ways of raising funds for the organisation. In February 2007, Grasshopper Properties decided to contribute to Waipuna Hospice so transferred the section to the charity.
Mr Maxwell said the company got involved with the project because it believes Waipuna Hospice do a great job in the community.
“We think this is a fantastic cause, we are proud supporters and we are happy to be involved,” he said.
The value of the property is hard to calculate but Waipuna Hospice fundraising manager Trish Rae said she was hoping Waipuna Hospice would receive between $350,000 and $400,000 when the property is sold early next year.
Belvedere Construction and Cadlib Architecture are donating time and resources to build the home, work on which started this week.
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